john: the front page of the wall street journal the u.s. will overtake saudi arabia by the largest oil producer. john: that is good news. i am old enough to remember president after president promising bring us closer to energy independence. >> 1980. 1985. 10 years. 2025. >> it is always on the horizon. they're really worried about imports of crude oil and we will still be dependent on foreign crude to seven mostly import from mexico or canada. the president takes credit for the boom of production. >> we have increased will productiono the highest levels in 16 years in natural-gas the highest over decades. john: we? he made it happen and? >> a buy-out for brief rewood say at least he did not screw that up. he could have. john: he said this is off limits. you cannot build the keystone pipeline. >> you could say he has approved more permit applications than the bush administration but oil production on federal land is up and he did not screw that up. he is opposed to the hydraulic fracturing but so far he held a benign position. in this senat